Poll: Three-fourths of Republicans say America’s best days are behind us; most Dems disagree

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Jan 2, 2013 at 11:15 AM

THIS will tell you who America’s biggest sourpusses are:

Fifty percent of Americans believe the country’s best days are behind us, according to the findings of a USA Today/Gallup pollreleased Tuesday.

That’s slightly higher than the 47 percent of respondents who have a more optimistic outlook about the country’s future. The poll showed a sharp divergence in the views between Democrats and Republicans. Sixty-nine percent of Democrats said the country’s best days are still ahead of us, while 74 percent of Republicans said the best days are behind us....

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Pat Cunningham

THIS will tell you who America’s biggest sourpusses are:

Fifty percent of Americans believe the country’s best days are behind us, according to the findings of a USA Today/Gallup pollreleased Tuesday.

That’s slightly higher than the 47 percent of respondents who have a more optimistic outlook about the country’s future. The poll showed a sharp divergence in the views between Democrats and Republicans. Sixty-nine percent of Democrats said the country’s best days are still ahead of us, while 74 percent of Republicans said the best days are behind us....